Chapter Ninety-Three: The Storm
Shen Lang saw that he had a serious face and was in a hurry, he was definitely not joking, and he began to get nervous, but he didn't know what to do, and looked at Ah Cheng in astonishment.
Although Ah Cheng looked nervous, he also cleaned up and repaired his things in a very short time.
He fastened the compass to his wrist like a watch, and put away all the things that could not be fixed in the ship's cabin, even the planks he had brought to sit on.
The entire hull was carefully inspected again, the reinforcement of the reinforcement, the adjustment of the adjustment. After doing all this, he breathed a long sigh of relief and said to himself:
"Sooner or later, it will come, it is a blessing or a curse, and it is a disaster that cannot be avoided. ”
"Master Cheng, what's going on? What blessing, what misfortune? What are you talking about?"
Shen Lang looked at Ah Cheng with a confused expression and asked.
"You look at the two life-saving tires and life jackets you have at hand, the life-saving tires generally don't move, wear a life jacket, and be sure to check that the ties are secure. ”
Ah Cheng did not answer Shen Lang's question directly, but told him to prepare for lifesaving.
Seeing Ah Cheng's serious appearance, Shen Lang obediently looked at the tires fixed on the side of the ship, although the weather was unbearable, he still tied the lacing again, and tried to see if it was firm. Then he joked to Ah Cheng:
"Look at your mysterious and nervous look, it's okay to do this. ”
"It's been three or four months since there have been any unusual weather conditions, and now it's the season, do you know?"
Without waiting for Shen Lang to answer, he continued:
"It's only the end of the first month, and at the beginning of February, it wouldn't be so hot under normal circumstances.
But you have also experienced the temperature at noon today, and you have also seen the movements of seagulls at sea, there were so many seabirds a few days ago, why are you almost invisible today, especially if you look at our heads, what are the dark clouds doing.
I have a feeling that there is going to be a typhoon, and if there is no typhoon, there will be at least one heavy rain. We have to be well prepared, if it rains, it's fine, if it's a typhoon, it's ......"
Ah Cheng sighed and didn't say any more.
Now Shen Lang knew the seriousness of the situation, and he began to want to ask what would happen if it was a typhoon, but now he didn't need to ask.
Ah Cheng had already told him with a look that once a typhoon appeared, it would be difficult to clean up, and the consequences would be unpredictable, and he would definitely undergo a serious test.
"We have to find a shelter to escape the storm first, the nearest is Xiyue Island, but it's not very peaceful, and there are a lot of foreign people.
If you're not careful, you're going to get into trouble, and if you get into trouble, you and I won't be able to leave for ten days and a half, so we'd better go to an unnamed island near Xiyue Island to take refuge.
Although the natural conditions are harsh, the man-made conditions are at least much better, but we have to take a few more detours.
Now I'm going a little east, speeding up, trying to get there before the typhoon starts and the storm comes. You're ready. ”
Shen Lang understood it before, and finally asked him to prepare, didn't he just prepare himself?
Shen Lang was feeling strange. I only felt that the hull of the boat shook, the boat stumbled twice, and he was almost thrown into the sea, Shen Lang hurriedly made a jack fall, and grabbed the sides of the boat with both hands to stabilize his body.
He knew that if he was ready, it turned out that he was going to accelerate, the hull of the ship would shake, and if he was not ready, he would fall.
After a few seconds, the boat also steadied itself and rushed forward with all its might.
After walking for about sixty or seventy nautical miles, the wind suddenly rose on the sea, which was quite gentle at first, but it didn't take long for the wind to get stronger and stronger, and it had begun to shout arrogantly in Shen Lang's ears, as if to remind them - wait for the test.
It didn't take long for him to faintly see a black mountain not far ahead, Shen Lang felt that it would be fine as soon as he went up the mountain, but he was not sure if this hill was the mountain that Ah Cheng was going to avoid, he asked Ah Cheng:
"Master Ah Cheng, in front of us is the island where we are going to be close to the anchorage, right? ”
"Yes, it's the nameless island, you see it's near, it's still far away.
We need forty-five minutes at the earliest, and it's hard to say if there is an accident. Try to squat low and don't stand up. ”
After Ah Cheng finished speaking, he sped up and rushed forward. Shen Lang squatted down according to Ah Cheng's requirements, but at this time he obviously felt that the ship's progress had been blocked, and the boat was competing with the typhoon to see who had the most strength and good endurance.
Fortunately, it didn't rain, only the wind, but this wind was disobedient, one moment east, one moment west, one moment left, one moment right, sometimes not before, behind, left and right, but swirling around the boat, trying to pull the boat into the air and elope with the boat.
Shen Lang grabbed the side of the boat with both hands, lowered his head very deeply, lowered the center of gravity as much as possible, and cooperated with Ah Cheng to steer the boat.
"Hold on for ten minutes, and in ten minutes we'll be able to land. ”
Ah Cheng roared in the wind. As soon as Shen Lang raised his head, a bean-sized raindrop hit his forehead, and he knew that the rain was also coming.
The wind was beating and the boat was no longer listening, let him go forward, he would go backwards, let him go left, he would go right, let him go right, he would go to the left.
Ah Cheng saw that the situation was grim, took out the sculls from the cabin, and used the oars to correct the direction of the boat, and the boat was a little more obedient.
The wind is getting stronger and stronger, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the speed of the boat is getting slower and slower, Shen Lang squinted and looked over, Ah Cheng was already very laborious, his upper teeth were biting his lower lip tightly, and the clothes on his body were tightly attached to his body, a picture of angry battles and wind and rain.
Ah Cheng didn't say a word, just gritted his teeth and paddled hard.
There were still a hundred meters from the shore, and then a wave came straight ahead, hitting the boat, which could not stand, let alone move forward.
The gasoline engine no longer had the slightest effect, and Ah Cheng's double oars were even more powerless, and the boat was pushed back by the huge waves and more than fifty meters.
Ah Cheng put away the sculls, handed them to his feet to step on, leaned forward, and reached out to turn off the gasoline engine, which at this time had no effect except for consuming gasoline.
If it enters seawater while working, it will corrode faster, which Ah Cheng, who has been a sailor for decades, naturally knows.
Turning off the gasoline engine, Ah Cheng only took a second to take out the sculls, no machinery, just labor, anyway, he had to find all ways to stabilize the hull and move forward, even if it was a little bit of progress a minute.
Fortunately, the boat was still on the sea, like a leaf falling in the stormy river, and this leaf could only go with the flow.
The waves higher than the bow of the ship rushed towards the cabin and smashed down from the top of Shen Lang's head, Shen Lang instinctively lowered his head and did not dodge, this time Shen Lang became a standard soup chicken.
The salty, astringent, and pungent sea water rushed into the eyes, inhaled into the nose, burrowed into the mouth, and poured into the ears, ten thousand uncomfortable, but now they all have to bear it. Shen Lang scolded in his heart:
"Fuck, how can you get through this hard ten minutes, how can you get through this damn fifty meters. ”
"Quick, scoop the water out!" Ah Cheng roared in the wind and rain.
"What, I didn't hear clearly!" Shen Lang only heard Ah Cheng talking, but he didn't know what he was saying, and roared back in the storm.
"Scoop the water out!"